A Mrs. Doubtfire Musical Is Heading to Broadway

One of Robin Williams' most memorable characters is hitting the stage.

Move over, Mary Poppins: there's a new singing nanny in town. The beloved 1993 movie Mrs. Doubtfire is being adapted into a Broadway musical.

It had been rumored for a while, but now it's officially in the works. Alan Menken, the man behind classic Disney musicals like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin, confirmed the news in a radio interview with Entertainment Weekly.

Harvey Fierstein, who played the brother of Robin Williams' character in the movie, is writing the script, and David Zippel, who worked with Menken on Hercules, is writing the song lyrics. Menken, who is currently writing the music for the ABC show Galavant, is composing the music.

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"It's going very well, it's in its early stages, and that's probably all I can say," Menken said. "We're really enjoying working on it."

With musicals like Kinky Boots and Hedwig and the Angry Inch dominating Broadway lately, adding another gender-bending character seems like a no-brainer. On a sad note, Euphegenia Doubtfire was one of the most memorable roles in Williams' career, and unfortunately the star will never see his character brought to life on stage.